I am a marine biologist. My experience in ecological and evolutionary science combined with my bioinformatics/big data computing skills allow me to tackle questions that are at the cutting-edge of research for ecologically important non-model species. My scientific work focuses on ecological and evolutionary responses of marine non-model species, including macroalgae and seagrass, to environmental change. To investigate species responses from molecular to ecosystem-wide scales I am using a variety of approaches, ranging from high throughput sequencing and molecular genetic analyses to common-garden experiments, bioinformatics programming, and computer modelling of larval dispersal and species distribution. In my current Post-doc project I characterize epigenetic variation in clonal seagrass meadows and its functional role under heat stress. The main question of the project is: Does epigenetic variation allow for rapid evolutionary change in response to changing environments and is thus key to evolutionary success without genetic variation? This study will answer fundamental questions in the budding research field of 'Ecological Epigenetics' https://www.facebook.com/Epigenetic-variation-in-seagrass-clones-1610181552579244/